Ohio Supreme Court Asked: Can Use of Forms Be Unauthorized Practice?
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The Legal Profession Blog noted an interesting case argued in Ohio this week that poses the question: Is the use of forms unauthorized practice of law?
On Wednesday, the Ohio Board on the Unauthorized Practice of Law recommended that the state supreme court find that Thomas Jones, Jr., a nonlawyer in Cleveland, has engaged in the unauthorized practice of law because he helped prepare deeds for two Cleveland homeowners.
The board also urged the court to order Jones not to practice as a nonlawyer and to charge him a $10,000 civil penalty. Citing an oral argument preview of the case, Legal Profession Blog notes that in the UPL board’s report, it’s alleged that Jones and his business partner, disbarred Ohio attorney Michael Troy Watson, were purchasing properties in foreclosure and preparing quitclaim deeds for owners to transfer the properties to them.
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